"So, flight's soon, huh?" Alicia asks, leaning her head on Ricardo's shoulder.
"Yeah," Ricardo hums. He kisses the top of her head, resting a hand on her lower back. "It's been nice, being home the last week though." Things had quieted, for a few days, after his AEW tryout. He's not surprised, really, and in a way he's almost relieved, just because it leaves his schedule open for other, future endeavors.
She leans up and kisses him slowly. "I think I'll be visiting AJ and Mike soon. Since he got kicked off of Dancing with the Stars, maybe some company will help cheer him up. You know?"
"Well, if anyone could, it'd be you and Andre, yeah," Ricardo agrees with a small smile, kissing her while they're nose to nose. "I'm gonna miss you."
"I'll miss you too," she sighs, laying back down upon him and listening to his heart beating steadily under her ear. "But at least we still have tonight."
"Yeah," he murmurs, listening to the soft sounds of Andre sleeping through the baby monitor, Sofia working quietly in the kitchen. All the sounds of home that he'll miss when he's once more out traveling, helping to train people, and seeing all that he can see in the world. "We should make the most of it."
She nods, leaning back up and kissing him, letting her hands trail over his flesh as he hums and strokes her hair. "I love you," she breathes into his mouth and he shivers softly.
"I love you too," he tells her, guiding her back in for another deep, toe curling kiss that leaves her gasping softly. "So much."
She hums, straddles him, and laces their fingers together before sinking back down into another warm kiss, hoping to make it last and sustain them the entire time he'll be gone.
The next day, he reluctantly ventures through the airport, grumbling under his breath at the prices on food while he waits for his flight. He's distracted, more than a little disorganized, but he catches when his flight is called and before too long, he's boarded, sitting in his seat, thinking about the night before. How beautiful Alicia is, and how their son giggled when Ricardo held him, tickled him, and blew raspberries against his tummy before regretfully having to hand him back over to Sofia for a proper goodbye with Alicia on his way out the door.
These trips still aren't easy, and he's still determined to get them to go with him on one of them, but for now. For now he turns his face towards the window and anticipates arrival and the next step in his career.